Thursday, March 30, 2017

US, Turkey strain for deal on key element of anti-IS fight

US, Turkey strain for deal on key element of anti-IS fight
[Associated Press]
SUZAN FRASER and JOSH LEDERMAN

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Trump administration and Turkey appeared no closer Thursday to resolving a dispute over the Kurds' role in defeating the Islamic State group in Syria, as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited America's often nettlesome NATO ally for the first time.

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